A co-production by Rilk Film and ORF in association with Austrian Television Fund and Vienna Film Fund

Available worldwide

Languages:
German (ORIGINAL)
, English (DUBBED)
, German (SUB TITLE)

Format: 16:9

Waterland Warriors - The Beavers are back

Wiener Wildnis - Die Rückkehr der Biber

The Blue Danube is Vienna's lifeline - and a lifeline for beavers making their way back after their extermination in the last century. This documentary follows a young beaver setting off in search of his own territory. As babbling meadow brooks are channelled into narrow tunnels he finds himself right in the centre of Vienna; and if he can make it through, Paradise awaits upstream. Meter-high reeds, meandering side-channels and unlimited food await our beaver - and, who knows, maybe a young female. On the way he encounters some of the many surprising creatures that inhabit this metropolis. Who would have expected deer, moufflons, garish amphibians and fish, butterflies whose caterpillars develop underwater, and spiders that live their entire life without ever coming to the surface? Spectacular underwater macro-photography opens the door to an unsuspected universe on our doorstep.